Benedict Company leased equipment to Mark Inc. on January 1, 20X1. The lease is for an eight-year

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Benedict Company leased equipment to Mark Inc. on January 1, 20X1. The lease is for an eight-year period, expiring December 31, 20X8. The first of eight equal annual payments of $600,000 was made on January 1, 20X1. Benedict had purchased the equipment on December 29, 20X0, for $3,200,000. The lease is appropriately accounted for as a sales-type lease by Benedict. Assume that at January 1, 20X1, the present value of all rental payments over the lease term discounted at a 10% interest rate was $3,520,000.


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What amount of interest income should Benedict record in 20X2 (the second year of the lease period) as a result of the lease?

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Financial Reporting And Analysis

ISBN: 9781260247848

8th Edition

Authors: Lawrence Revsine, Daniel Collins, Bruce Johnson, Fred Mittelstaedt, Leonard Soffer

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